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15-minute time boxing 24 hours a day When I'm working, I use a physical egg timer on my desk. I also don't check Slack when I'm coding. I keep my MacBook and
by tedmiston 10y ago
15-minute time boxing 24 hours a day
When I'm working, I use a physical egg timer on my desk. I also don't check Slack when I'm coding. I keep my MacBook and iPhone in Do Not Disturb mode.
I take an nx 15-minute break when I need one. A typical ratio is 75% work to 25% breaks where break could be doing something enjoyable either fun or actual work but a task I'm really excited about.
Throughout the day I accumulate the number of 15-minute periods of good work for personal reference.
A pocket notebook to write down random thoughts that pop into my head while working.
I don't have one myself, but I've heard good things about Saent [1] which seems like a slightly more polished version of this workflow.
[1]: https://www.saent.com https://www.saent.com